Condition assessment and inspection of steel railwaybridges, including stress measurements in riveted, bolted and welded structures : Sustainable Bridges Background document SB3.4

Condition assessmentand inspection for steel railway bridges according to the current European state-ofthe-art considering the usefulness for practical application. It makes available essential extracts from several recent documents, guidelines and standards, describes novel methods based on recent research results, contains all necessary details to apply the condition assessment and inspection in practice, to chose the adequate inspection tools and to solve maintenance problems, and consequently is a valuable contribution towards the overall objectives of the Sustainable Bridges Project.Ingår i Sustainable Bridges – Assessment for Future Traffic Demands and Longer Lives,EC Sixth Framework Program, TIP3-CT-2003-001653